The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-21
GENERAL NEWS.
Cloudy and warm.
RnaINEss nrativ fair


BUSINESS pretty fair.
THREE boats leaving today.
CAPT. JAMES REKs is in st. Louie.
RID RIVER is falling at Shreveport.
FIVE boats are announced to leave
here tomorrow.
CAPT RoBr. A. SPEED left last night
by rail for st. Louis.
ARKANSAS river is stationary at Fort
Smith and Little Rock,
THE Ohio river is rising a. Cincin-
natl, Pittsburg and Cairo.
THE City Of Cairo will get good lot
of freight hero tomorrow.
= FREIGHT is being received for the
Desoto just south of Jefferson street.
THE Alberta No. 3. Capt. Smith, ia
the packet tomorrow evening for White
river.
THE Guiding S'ar is due down on
her way to New Orleans. j. b. Rogers is her
agent.
THR rivers ara still frozen at Dsven-
port, Dubuque, Keokuk, La Crosse, Leaven-
worth and 81. Paul.
DURING the twenty four hours end
ing at noon yesterday the river here re-
manned stationary.
Mr.. N. G. DUKES, the clever and &C.
commodating clerk at the Elevator. is lit
tie under the weather
THE Cumberland river continues 10
rise ct Nashville, while the Tennessee river
is falling at Chattanooga.
THE r. A, Speed returned yesterday
from point below here, where she lett q
boat to he loaded with wood
THE GayOso, Capt. o. X Joplin,
leaves tomorrow evening for Mariana and
all way points on St. Francis river.
CAPT. HENRY @. HAARsTICK. presi.
dent Of the st. Louis and Mississippi Valley
Transportation Company, Is in the city.
HE Lioness arrived from New Or
leans with a tow of empties and will probs-
bly, proceed to the Ohio river this morn ng.
THE City of Cairo, Capt. Shep Light.
ner will be here this evening, and leaves
again tomorrow for Vicksburg and all way
landings, taking freight for all points on the
Yazoo and Tallahatchie rivers. Capt.'Ad
Storm is her agent. .sss
The steamers now laid at points
above and below the city are the D. r.
Powell, Tiger, Rene Ne cready, Dick Clyde,
X. A. Speed, will s. Hays, i. Y. Eckert,
K. W Cole, Enquirer and Ed Foster.
The wind blew strong in shore yes.
torday and some Of the boats had trouble in
getting out. The wind was so heavy tDRt 1t
kept the Future City at the bank, and she Is
still ly ing with her tow below Beale street.
The Coahoma. Can't. Henry Cooper,
leaves at o'clock this evening for Gold
Dust, 0sceola, AshpOrt and all way land
ings on the upper coast. Messrs, William
Smither, Sid Wheeler and Charles Leftwich
are her clerks.
THE James Lee ia the Lee Line
packet leaving this evening for Helena,
FTiars Point. and all bend landings. Capt.
Clagsett commands, with Messrs. William
Ashford, William Quarles, John Rhodes
and Charles Burr in the office.
THB Kate Adams came in on time
with 1888 bales of cotton, 40 bags of seed cot
ton, 1908 sacks of cotton seed and 20 pack
ages Of miscellaneous freight. SDe returned
TO Arkansas City in the evening with fine
trip Of both freight and people.
a DISPATCH received yesterday even
ing by Capt. Q. b. Russell stated that the
Wednesday night and SOC would not arrive
here until tomorrow morning. She will re-
turn to Cincinnati tomorrow evening.
The Chas. p. Chouteau is expected
TO arrive this morning from New Orleans
with over IL, 900 sacks of cotton seed and a
big lot Of cotton, etc. she returns to New
Orleans tomorrow evening: Capt. ". II.
ThOrwegan commands with Mr., George
Miltenberger in the office.
THE Joe Peters arrived yesterday
morning from Arkansas river with AZ balt 4
of cotton, 1894 sacks of cotton seed and A
packages of sundriea. She put of bales of
cotton ut Helena and reshipped II bales at
Terrene for New Orleans. The Peters re-
turned to Arkansas river last night with a
splendid trip.
THE Chesapeake, which should have
left sterday evening, had not arrived At a
late hour last night. She will probably be
in this morning and leaves again this even
ing for Tiptonville and all way landings on
the upper coast. Cart. W. p. Hall com.
mands with John ID. Fuller in the Office.
A ePEcIAL from Cairo to the st.
Louis Democrat says: The Gondola left fol-
Island No. 2 at noon, and Will gather up the
cotton saved by various fishermen, payinG
them 81 per balo and bringing it to thu
point. A pl inter, who found twenty five
bales Of cotton tied up on his farm front ny
parties who caught IL floating, and who
hauled IL away and declined to deliver II, IL
in a fair way OF going To the pen for thoit
A warrant will be sworn out against, him to-
morrow at Columbus, whom he Will be ar
rested. Several parties who claimed cotton
caught by others have relinquished all
claims, aud are only too anxious to give II
up. The experiences OF those who were i'm
pii Gated in robbing the wreck Of the City OF
Vicksburg, ut AshpOrt, q few years ago,
three men now serving their time in prison
promises to be repeated in some Of these cot
ton cases. Further Investigation warrants
the belief that the hull Of the X. s. Hayei
will DO found In fair state OF preservation
the wheel will be rolled off the cylinder tim.
bers in a few days, and the hull lifted up
by barges and chains where il can be care
fully examined. John Ewens, IN charge Of
the United States water gauges, Mississippi
river and tributaries, from st. Louis to the
Gulf, arrived by rail this morning. The
Cairo gauge was found correct and in good
order. From this point he will inspect and
put in complete order the gov eTn ment gauges
at New Madrid, Mo-: Fulton, Tenn. Mem
phis, louisville, Nashville, Florence, Ala.
Little Rock, Wittsburg, Ark; Helena,
mouth of W hite river, Clarendon and Jack
aonville, on White river; Arkansas City,
GreeDville, Mics. Lake Providence, La
Vicksburg, Mics. Yazoo City, Red River
Landing, West Melville, on the Atcha-
falaya; Alexandria. on Red river: Baton
Rouge, La: Cariollton, La, and New Or
leans. All the gauge bulletins will BIO re-
painted and Temodeled during the coming
season. Pilots are earnestly requested ia
report any neglect on the part of the gauge
keepers, and any changes desired in the pO-
sitiOn of the bulletin frames, as Capt. Event
desires to make the service as efficient and
useful for pilots as possible: The runor OF a